What a wild week for the Patriots! Brady dismissed the re-surging hope in the hearts of thousands with officiating about him not considering the Patriots, or the NFL again, with a stone on his heart. While all this was unfolding, the Boston suburban franchise owner Robert Kraft delivered news that was music to critics’ ears, but monumental when speaking of the franchise history. The end of Bill Belichick era.
While the Patriots are mathematically out of the playoffs, owing to their flustering 2-9 record, Bill Belichick might ultimately bid farewell to his 23 years of companionship with the franchise. Well, Belichick deserved a good round of applause for his undying efforts, leaving the past few years out as an exception. But Belichick might have lost that privilege as well.
Belichick let Tom Brady leave
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Stephen A Smith’s take on Belichick getting retired was the only thing needed to fuel the fans enough not to give him a good farewell, given the mortifying records he has given after Brady left the team. The controversy was ever-going, yet, this statement by Smith might bring an ultimate conclusion to it. Did Belichick try to ease Brady’s leaving the Patriots? Smith begs to differ. “If Bill Belichick had said, ‘I want you to stay’, knowing the Patriots, believe me, Tom Brady would have never left,” asserted the ‘First Take’ host.
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To make things easier for the fans to decode, Smith also listed one strong reason. “Don’t tell me egos were not involved. We bring up ego if it would be a player, how come we can’t bring up ego when it’s to coach?” After Six historic Super Bowls, for a coach to bring up their superiority complex into play when one of their best players was about to leave is a delicate topic. Belichick might already have thought of the downfalls, which might be exactly what he is experiencing now.
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Belichick’s playoff prospects go down the drain
With only four games left for the season’s conclusion for the Patriots, this might be the worst season, with 2-9. With this, they are mathematically eliminated from the playoffs this season. According to this, Belichick’s company would only continue until the next four games—a tragic conclusion following a heroic tenure.
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Robert Kraft has already started looking for prospects to lead the once nation-favorite team. NBC Sports Tom Curran reported, “They were going to move forward with the situation, and at the end of the year, there would be a parting for various reasons.” With Belichick out of the picture, a whole new world of possibilities has doors wide ajar.
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